Inspired by Nature is a themed Croak to entertain you with some of our favourite artwork based on nature and the outdoors. We hope it will stimulate you to get creative and produce something yourself. If you do and would like to share them with us, please post them on our Facebook page, Twitter account, or email us at info@froglife.org
This months feature has been written by Rebecca Neal our Conservation Youth Worker on the Peterborough Green Pathways project, funded by BBC Children in Need.
This poem was inspired by a visit to Olive Branch Community Garden with a group of young people from Ken Stimpson Community School. We spent ages just looking at the frog-frenzy in the pond and listening to the noise the boy frogs were making to attract the girls. We counted at least 300 frogs. We made some acrostic poems (where you use the letters from a word to start each line of a poem) and did some reptile- and amphibian-inspired clay sculptures.
“Brrugh!” said the frog
“Brrrugh!” said the frog, “Come on ladies, get up!”
“The pond is warm, join us in the tub”
“Cwarp!” said the toad “its spring, wake up girls!”
“If you come, we can dance, and I’ll give you a twirl”
“How you doing?” said the newt “Like my aftershave?”
“Let me waft it your way, then we’ll go for a rave”
“Can I rub your back?” said the adder to his misses
“We can tie the knot, and I’ll give you lots of kisses”
“I’ve chased off all the others, so we can be alone.”
“Mrs Lizard, will you join me on this really warm stone?”
“Awesome!” said the child “We should make a movie.”
“Leonardo DiCaprio would make it really groovy
Here is the acrostic written by one of the students:
Frogs
Rocking in the pond
Out
Getting rays of sun
Let’s not forget they also live on land
In the pond they lay their eggs
Fighting for their girls
Everyone loves frogs
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